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The Mission fishermen were estimated to comprise a quarter
of Esbjerg’s fishing population in the period in question.
These fishermen belonged to the Danish Inner Mission
revival movement, which gained numerous followers at
the end of the 1800s for a missionary Lutheran Christianity
among groups which included the coastal population at
Holmsland Klit in West Jutland. Close to half the fishermen
who came to the new harbour in Esbjerg in the years around
1900 came from Holmsland Klit, and they became an
important part of the Inner Mission’s community in Esbjerg.
The recruitment of young fishermen from Holmsland Klit’s
missionary families to Esbjerg continued through the first
half of the 1900s. The young men were signed as cooks by
Esbjerg’s missionary fishing boat owners and they were
integrated into the local community as active members of
the YMCA and the missionary community.
The solidarity and the strong will among the mission
fishermen to act out bothwork and leisurewithin amissionary
framework helped to create a strong social divide in Esbjerg
between the mission and the non-mission communities.
Missionskutteren E 70 HEBRON. Dueflaget viser, at man er en del af Broderkredsen på Havet, en kreds af fiskeskippere, som er tæt knyttet
til Indenlandsk Sømandsmission. HEBRON på 39,52 BRT var bygget i 1930 på N.P. Jensens Skibs- og Bådebyggeri, Esbjerg.
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